mountain pass (dialect)
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
mountain pass; gap in a mountain ridge; saddle
dialectA dialect term commonly used in Southwestern Mandarin (e.g., Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet) to refer to a mountain pass or saddle point between peaks.
Wǒ我
men们
míng明
tiān天
yào要
fān翻
guò过
nà那
gè个
yā垭
kǒu口
。
We have to cross that mountain pass tomorrow.
Yā垭
kǒu口
shàng上
de的
fēng风
hěn很
dà大
。
The wind is very strong at the mountain pass.
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Qián前
miàn面
jiù就
shì是
Chuān川
Zàng藏
xiàn线
shàng上
de的
zhù著
míng名
yā垭
kǒu口
。
Up ahead is the famous mountain pass on the Sichuan-Tibet Highway.